ASUS Xonar Xense Premium Gaming Audio Set Review

When you first see the ASUS Xonar Xense’s EMI shield, you get a sense that this isn’t an ordinary soundcard. The non-ironic conclusion is, you’re right. ASUS has put together another great soundcard and bundled it with a great pair of headphones, the Sennheiser PC350 Xense Edition. The Xonar Xense offers a myriad of inputs and outputs, and can chug out high definition audio up to 192kHz/24bit without breaking a sweat. It easily is one of the coolest pieces of hardware you can add to your rig. Need more convincing? Continue reading to check out all of the details of the ASUS Xonar Xense.

Packaging
The black and blue box with white lettering will catch your eye, not only because of the design, but because its right side is bulging out! Right away you know that this isn’t an ordinary soundcard, or some ordinary pair of headphones bundled with it. Once you stop and look, you’ll see that this soundcard supports every possible form of surround sound you could need, including Dolby Headphone, Dolby Prologic IIx, Dolby Digital Live, and Xonar GX2.5. Also, it can process high definition audio up to 192kHz/24bit. And for all of the professional audio guys and gals out there, the ASUS Xonar Xense supports ASIO 2.0.

Opening the top flap of the box will provide you with much more detailed information about the Xonar Xense and the Sennheiser PC350 “Xense” edition headphones. Also, you will get your first look at the actual soundcard. Its shiny metal EMI shield which is designed after the cans of the headphones. It also has “XENSE” imprinted on the EMI shield.